BREAKING: Trump fires Attorney General Pam Bondi amid rising tensions over Justice Department

Follow Us: Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube
LATEST SCORES:
Loading live scores...

News

PDP protests imposition of chairman

Some members of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Michika Local Government Area, Adamawa state on Saturday protested what they described…

Women widowed by Boko Haram beg for jobs

Some wives and children of policemen killed by Boko Haram insurgents, on Saturday appealed to the government and the Nigerian…

Ex-Pope sneaks out of Vatican to visit sick brother

Former pope Benedict XVI secretly left his residence in the Vatican to visit his brother in hospital in Rome, Italian…

Lagos Market shut down for dead chief

Jamiu Yisa The popular Balogun Market in Lagos Island, southwest Nigeria was devoid of its usual hustling and bustling on…

Analysis: Jonathan drops refinery sale over 2015 politics

The Jonathan government opened itself to a serious charge of duplicity and inconstancy over the future of Nigeria’s epileptic four…

South Sudan peace talks stalled

Warring parties in South Sudan delayed direct peace talks on Saturday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, dashing hopes of a swift…

Truck driver wins lottery jackpot of $324m

A delivery truck driver has come forward to claim his half of a $648 million jackpot, the second largest in…

Governor Elechi recants opposition to national dialogue

Gov. Martins Elechi of the eastern Nigerian state of Ebonyi on Friday restated his support for the proposed Federal Government’s…

11 die as deadly freeze hits northern US

NEW YORK(AFP) – A fierce winter storm brought chaos to the northern United States on Friday, killing at least 11…

Iyetade Soyinka to be buried next week

The Soyinka family has announced the burial programme for Iyetade, daughter of Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka and Mrs. Olayide Soyinka,…

Pope urges Church not to create selfish ‘little monster’ priests

Pope Francis has said men studying for the Roman Catholic priesthood should be properly trained or the Church could risk…

Nigerian Navy posts senior officers

The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Dele Ezeoba, has approved the redeployment of 266 officers. The redeployment is contained…

APC Politics: Shekarau’s supporters pledge loyalty to Kwankwaso

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The absence of immediate past governor of Kano state, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau in Kano Government House on Friday…

Bus Driver Crushes Motorcyclist, Passenger To Death

A commuter bus driver Thursday crushed to death a commercial motorcyclist and a passenger at Alagbole, a border town between…

Nigerian Police distorted arrest of Lloyd, says government

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Government has reacted to the allegations made by the Police concerning the arrest of…

Hery Raja wins Madagascar’s run-off poll

(Reuters) – Former Finance Minister Hery Rajaonarimampianina won Madagascar’s run-off presidential election, the electoral commission (CENIT) said on Friday, but…

Kano to establish 44 e-learning centres

The Kano State Government in northwest Nigeria says it will establish an e-learning centre in each of the 44 local…

Sokoto APC attracts more big guns

Two governorship candidates in the 2011 elections in the northern Nigerian state of Sokoto , Alhaji Abubakar Yabo and Alhaji…

PDP tempts APC’s Shekarau

A chieftain of Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, on Thursday assured PDP elders in Kano state of his…

Chidi Llyod, Rivers lawmaker arrested for double murder

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The majority leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Chidi Lloyd has been arrested by the…

1,000 chosen for one-way Mars reality-TV mission

THE HAGUE (AFP) This is not a hoax. A reality TV show in the Netherlands, is planning to send people…

Jonathan to appoint Surgeon-General of the Federation

President Goodluck Jonathan has agreed to appoint a Surgeon-General of the Federation as demanded by the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA),…

Idika Kalu decries poor infrastructure in Abia state

A former Nigerian minister of finance and economic planning, Dr Kalu Idika Kalu, has said that the state of infrastructure…

Dangote $9.2 billion richer in 2013, Gates leads the world

The man who is the most generous giver on earth, Bill Gates is also the richest individual, according to a…

Doctors Strike: Jonathan summons crucial meeting

President Goodluck Jonathan has summoned a crucial meeting with stakeholders in the medical sector to find a solution to the…

PDP women’s leader joins APC

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The former Women’s Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP in Western Nigeria,Otunba Iyabo Odunmolorun Omotayo has defected with…

Woman with heroin hidden in bag arrested in Lagos

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said on Thursday it has intercepted a woman and a…

In Video: Happy New Year Lagos!

Some video shots of the New Year eve event in Lagos on Tuesday night. Styled, Lagos Countdown 2013, the event…

Tanzanian Finance Minister Dies In S/Africa

Tanzania’s finance minister William Mgimwa has died of natural causes at a Pretoria hospital, the South African government said Thursday.…

2 Kids Burnt To Death, Graduate Commits Suicide

Two children were burnt to death last night when a candle light razed their parents’ home at 12, Adebari Street,…